Aston, 30, consistently earned high scores when he appeared in Strictly 2017 but he was surprisingly eliminated from the competition in week seven.

Reflecting on his elimination, Aston told Metro.co.uk: ‘It’s that thing isn’t, someone has to go.

Viewers were gutted when Aston was eliminated from Strictly in 2017 (Picture: Erotome/BBC)

‘Out of all of them, it was the worst week. If you’re judging it on me solely then it was my worst week. It’s just one of those things that you take on the chin.’

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Aston’s fiancee Sarah Richards felt a little differently and added: ‘Aston took it on the chin, I did not. I was quite pregnant though, I was so upset. Honestly it took me a while to get over that. I’d cry all the time going, “It’s just so unfair”.

‘It was the hormones though,’ she said.

Aston and his dance partner Janette Manrara were booted from Strictly following a dance-off with Mollie King and AJ Pritchard.

Second time’s a charm for Aston (Picture: BBC/Ray Burmiston)

Revealing his competitive nature, Aston continued: ‘Even in the series I was there to win, I never want to go into anything like, “I’m just here to take part”. It’s a competition and I want to win.

‘From when I was younger, sport was my thing. You go into games to win and that mentality has always been with me and I’ll do anything to the best of my ability to get to the top spot.’

Aston has a fresh outlook going into this year’s Christmas special and he’s determined to finally get that winner’s title.

The popstar admitted: ‘So I’m going into this like, “Yeah, of course I’d like to win”, but at the same time it’s nice to come back and not have any pressure like I had before. People have this perception of, you’re a really good dancer so you win it but if that’s what you feel, it’s what you feel.

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